Mobina S B Jaffer was born on August 20,1949 and is a former Canadian Senator representing British Columbia.
14 Facts About Mobina Jaffer
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Mobina Jaffer retired on August 20,2024 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
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Mobina Jaffer was born to a family of Nizari Khojas living in Uganda.
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Mobina Jaffer's father had been a member of the Parliament of Uganda and fled in June 1972, joining the rest of the family in England, after a senior military officer warned him that he was to be killed.
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Mobina Jaffer is a past member of the Girl Guides of Canada who held many volunteer roles including as a Brownie, Guide, and Pathfinder Leader, and as an elected Commissioner.
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In 2014, Mobina Jaffer was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by Canadian Immigrant magazine.
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Mobina Jaffer served as a Vice-President of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1994 to 1998 and as President of the National Women's Liberal Commission from 1998 to 2003.
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Mobina Jaffer served on the board of the Liberal International in 1996.
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Mobina Jaffer was appointed to the Canadian Senate on June 13,2001, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
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On January 29,2014, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau announced all Liberal Senators, including Mobina Jaffer, were removed from the Liberal caucus, and would continue sitting as Independents.
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On December 20,2018, Mobina Jaffer left the Senate Liberal Caucus to sit as a non-affiliated senator.
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On June 12,2019, Mobina Jaffer joined the Independent Senators Group.
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Mobina Jaffer sat on the Standing Senate Committees on National Security and Defence, Finance, Official Languages and Internal Affairs, and the Senate Subcommittees on Veterans Affairs and Diversity.
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Mobina Jaffer's son had billed 32.4 hours of work in a single day.